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Canon Peter Reed Mann

by Bob Williams | Mar 20, 2016

May 18, 1929 - March 15, 2016 Canon Peter Mann, a longtime treasurer of the diocese and its missioner for administration from 1983 to 1995, died...

The Reverend Alpha Gillett Bechtel

by Janet Kawamoto | Mar 14, 2016

March 23, 1921 - September 9, 2016 The Rev. A. Gillett Bechtel, retired rector of St. Francis' Church, San Bernardino, died Sept. 9. He was 95, and...

‘From the grassroots up,’ Stillpoint celebrates 30 years, new director

by Pat McCaughan | Mar 2, 2016

Stillpoint: The Center for Christian Spirituality began 30 years ago with a simple conversation among friends. And contemplative conversation has...

A half-century later, the struggle for racial justice continues

by Pat McCaughan | Mar 2, 2016

The names and faces in the struggle for racial justice may have changed in a half-century; the issues, not so much, Missouri Bishop Wayne Smith said...

NYA opens Watts campus, continues 100% college placement

by Pat McCaughan | Mar 2, 2016

Ten-year-old Simone “was thinking of something fluffy” and so, with sensors, circuit boards, light bulbs, and an ordinary cardboard box, she created...

Final service set for East Whittier congregation

by EN Staff | Mar 2, 2016

Changes are unfolding in Episcopal Church ministry along the north Orange County - L.A. County border in the neighboring communities of East...

Episcopal Community Federal Credit Union: a resource for diocese and community

by EN Staff | Feb 17, 2016

It’s been in business since 1993, but most Episcopalians of the Diocese of Los Angeles don’t realize that the Echo Park-based Episcopal Community...

John Hamilton “Jack” Plimpton

by EN Staff | Feb 15, 2016

1931 - 2016 Canon Jack Plimpton, longtime executive director of diocesan HIV/AIDS ministries, died on Friday, Feb. 12, in Los Angeles after entering...

The Reverend Jane Crase

by EN Staff | Jan 15, 2016

The Rev. Jane Crase, priest-in-charge of St. Joseph of Arimathea Church, Yucca Valley, died Jan. 10 as the result of injuries suffered when she fell...

The Reverend David Stuart Maurer

by EN Staff | Jan 9, 2016

March 23, 1951 - January 4, 2016 The Rev. David Stuart Maurer, retired co-vicar of St. Clare of Assisi Church, Rancho Cucamonga, died Jan. 4 as the...